Egg-case.



R. R. TRACY.

EGG CASE.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. 2|. 19:5.

1 ,1 98,792 Patented Sept-1Q 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

R. R. TRACY.

EGG CASE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 2'. 1915.

Patented Sept. 19, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

RAYMOND R. TRACY, OF MORRISON, ILLINOIS.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RAYMOND R. TRACY, a

' citizen of the United States, residing at Morrison, in the county ofWhiteside and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Egg-Cases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cases for shipping and transporting eggs andhas as its object to provide a case of this class especially designed toreceive and protect eggs contained within an ordinary egg cartondisposed within the case and has as one aim to so construct the case asto effectually protect the eggs from becoming broken or cracked whilebeing shipped or-transported.

Another aim of the invention is to so construct the case that the sidewalls of. the

-' carton will be spaced from the corresponding side walls of the caseso that blows or pressure received by the side walls of the case willnot be transmitted to the eggs in such manner as to result in theirbreakage.

, oAnother aim of the invention is to so con.- struct the case that itmaybe repeatedly used and will be substantial although so light inweight; as not to add materially .to..the cost of transportation.

Another aim of the invention is to provide means for closing the casewhich means will serve effectually to prevent accidental opening of thecase and loss of its contents and yet may be readily manipulated topermit of inspectionof the contents by postal authorities.

In theaccompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of thedevice embodying the present invention closed and ready fortransportation. Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the case openedand the egg cart'on partly withdrawn. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinalsectional view through the device, the egg carton being, shownin eleva--tion. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the inner section of the case.Fig. 5 isavertical transverse sectional view through the case and thecarton housed therein. Fig. 6 is av perspective view of the carton open.

The egg case embodying the present invention includes an open endedouter section or'case and an intermediate skeleton .section or spacingmember Wltllll'l, which latter is disposed the-inner; section or carton,containingrthe eggs to be transported. The outersection comprises sidewalls 1, a

Specification of Letters Patent.

; EGG-CASE.

Patented. Sept. 19, 1916.

Application filed October 21, 1915. Serial No. 57,133.

top wall 2, and a bottom wall 3, the said section being open at' bothends as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The outer section ofthe case and in fact the case as a whole is preferably oblong so as toadapt it to receive the ordinary oblongj egg carton, although it mayassume any de sired shape depending, of course, upon the shape and sizeof the carton which it is intended to receive.

The intermediate or spacing section of. the

egg case embodying the present 'inrvention as well as the outer sectionof the said case is preferably formed from strawboard and the saidintermediate section is folded up from a blank cut from this material orsuch other material suitable for the purpose as may be employed, andcomprises a bottom 4, a top 5, a connecting end 6, and an end 7. Thelateral edge portions of the bottom 4 are folded 'up to form flanges8Iand the corresponding edgeportions of the top 5 are folded to formflanges 9, the lateral or verticalledge portions of the end 6 beingfolded to form flanges 10 and the edge portions .of the blankconstituting theedge portions of the said walls are cut or slit asindicated at 11 so that tlie ends of the flanges 8 and 9 ad aeent theend 6 of the said section will practically meet the ends of the flanges10' at the corresponding sides of the-said section. trated in Fig. 4 ofthe drawings, the intermediate section of the case is designed to beslidably fitted within the outer section thereof in the position shownin Figs. 3 and-'5 of the dl awings and with the sections thus assembled,the end wall 6 of the intermediate section closes one end of the outersection. The end 7 of the intermediate section is designed to be swungat its line of junc- When folded in the manner illusture with the bottomwall 4 of the intermediate section to open andclosed positions and inorder that this member of the intermediate section may be-reinforced atits said line-of juncture with the bottom wall 4, a cloth ort'apebinding 12 is secured to the under side of the bottom wall 4 andthe outer side ofthe-end wall 7 along the said line of jun ture betweenthese parts. When the section have been properly assembled the innersection or egg carton to be housed within the case and of they form,-for example, shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings'and indicated in general bythe numeral 13,

after having been.' filled with eggs is slidably fitted within theintermediate section of the case and the end 7 may then be swung toclosed position and secured in a manner to be presently described.

Referring now to Figs. 2 and 5 of the "drawings, itv will be observedthat when the the wall 6 of the said section and will be spaced by theflanges 8, 9 and 10, from the side walls 1 of the outer section of thecase. Also, when the end wall 7 is swung to closed position it will restagainst the other'end of the'egg carton and will serve effectually toclose the case at its end opposite the end which is closed'by the wall6.

In order that the end wall 7 of the intermediate section of the case maybe held closed. as'shown' 'in-Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings, a disk 14is riveted or otherwise secured to the outer face of the said end wall,and passed about the shank of the rivet, which rivet is indicated at 15,is one end portion of a tying cord 16, the end of the cord being tied toform an open knot' 17 through which the cord is threadedafter havingbeen passed about the said shank of the rivet 1 5 A metallic disk 18 isdisposed against the upper surface of the top wall 2 of the outersectionof the case near that end at which the end wall 7 of the intermediatesection is located when the sections are assembled, and disposed uponthe disk 18 is a disk 19 of any suitable friction material, the disksbeing secured together and to the said top wall 2'by a rivet 20. Theupper surface of the disk 18 is preferably convex and the disk 19 ispreferably substantially flat so that when the cord 16 is passed betweenthe disks l8 and 19 and about the shank of the rivet 20 and is pulledtaut it will be securely held against slippingand in this manner the endwall 7 is held closed.

In order that the ends of the flanges 8 and 9 may be prevented frombecoming mutilated or spread in such' manner as to interfere wlth theready insertion of the egg container, small staples or other suitablestiffening elements, indicated at 21, are secured in vertical positionthrough the outer ends of the said flanges thereby compressing thelayers between which the corrugated intermediate layer of the materialfrom-which the intermediate section is formed-is located, so as toreduce the thickness of. the flanges at their said ends.

It will be understood that while from the foregoing description of theinvention the walls 2 and 3 of the outer section are described asconstituting the upper and lower walls of these sections and the walls 4and 5 of the intermediate section are described" of the outer sectionmay constitute the bottom and'top of thesaid section and the walls 4 and5 of the intermediate section may 0011- stitute the. sides of the saidintermediate section.

is claimed as new is:

1. A mailing case including an outer section open at one end, acontainer disposed within'the outer section, and an intermediate spacingsection interposed between the outer section and the container andincluding spaced walls provided with inwardly projecting marginalflanges bearing against ad 'jacent walls of the outer section andcontainer respectively.

2. A mailing case including an outer open ended section, a containerdisposed within the outer section, and an intermediate spacing sectioninterposed between theoutersection and thecontainer and including spacedupper and lower walls pr ided with in" wardly projecting flanges thelongitudinal edges of which are spaced apart, said flanges contactingwith the adjacent walls of the outer section and container respectively.

3. A mailing case including an outer section open at both ends, acontainer fitted within the outer section, "and a removable intermediatespacing section interposed between the outer section and the containerHaving thus described the invention, what i a hinged end wall, thefirst-mentioned walls being designed to rest against corresponding wallsof the outer section when the sections are assembled and the hinged wallwhen swung laterally being designed to close one end of the case as awhole, means for closing the other end of the case, and flanges formedupon said spaced walls' of the intermediate section and bearing againstthe outer section and containerrespectively'for spacing the containerfrom the outersection.

4, mailing case including an outer open ended section, a containerfitting Within the outer section, an intermediate spacing sectioninterposed between the outer section,

and the container and provided with spaced inwardly projecting flangesadapted to bear against the outer wall of the container and the innerwall of the outer section respeee tively, and stifi'ening memberspiercingathe flanges.

5. A mailing case including an outer open ended section, a containerfitted within the outer section, an intermediate spacing sectioninterposed between the outer section and the container and includingupper and lower walls connected by an integral end wall, thev oppositelongitudinal edges of the upper and lower walls of the spacing memberbeing bent inwardly to form spaced spacing section and adapted to extendover the container and close one end of-the outer section when swungupwardly to closed -position, and stiffening members piercing theflanges of the intermediate section near the hinged wall thereof.

6. A mailing case including an open ended outer section, a containerfitting within the outer section, an intermediate skeleton spacingsection interposed between the outer section and the container andincluding spaced upper and lower walls connected at one end by anintegral end wall, there being a second end wall'hingedly connected tothe bottom wall, flanges projecting inwardly from the top and bottomwalls and the integr'al end wall of the spacing section andadapted tobear-against the outer wall of the container and the inner' wall of theouter section respectively, and a securing element fastened to-thehinged wall of the intermediate section and engaging the outer sectionnear one end thereof for preventing withdrawal of both the container andintermediate spacing section.

In testimony whereof, I aflix mysignature.

RAYMOND R. TRACY. [L.S.]-,

